Nope.
After looking at how they fit, it became obvious that I had chosen them because they fit the best of what I could find ready made, not because they actually fit well.
So, this step has proven to be considerably more effort than I originally thought it would be.
Although there are probably other considerations, the primary aspect of my figure which a ready made shirt is not going to fit properly is my bust. This is a really common problem, since the variation in bust size is tremendous, and most ready-made clothing is cut to fit a "B" cup. If you are smaller or larger you are never going to find anything that actually fits. I usually wear a lot of knits, because they stretch.
For those of you who don't know, the letter in a bra cup size does not refer to volume, it refers to the number of inches which your bust adds to your circumference. So, an "A" cup increases your circumference by 1 inch, a "D" cup by 4 inches. The volume required to cause this gets considerably larger as your base torso circumference gets larger. Your base circumference is roughly equivalent to your band measurement, and, at least in the smaller range of cup sizes, the volume increases proportionately for each 2" of band measurement, *or* each cup size. So a 32D has about the same volume as a 38A. Interesting, right?
I wear a 34D, which means I don't actually have a large bust as far as volume goes, but ready made clothes are almost always going to be about two inches small around the bust for me. What a pain.
I've purchased a shirt on sale which I'm hoping I can alter to actually fit me, and make a pattern from. I chose something sleeveless, because the sleeves are not important for my wild plan to work. It's already made with modified princess seams, so that should be a start for my alterations to work.
Here it is:
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